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Friday, 30 August 2013

BOOK CLUB TAKEOVER: Georgia from 'What Georgia Did Next'

Here are my thoughts… I LOVE hearing other people’s views and reviews on pretty much anything especially books! Some of my favourite reads are ones that have been suggested by other people. So thinking along those lines,’ The Book Club Takeover’ was born! Hopefully each week I will bring to you a post from one of my lovely and amazing fellow bloggers who will in turn share with you what their favourite book is, why they love it and a review. I hope you enjoy this feature as much as I do!

I'm Georgia
from whatgeorgiadidnext.blogspot.co.uk, a fashion, beauty and lifestyle blog.
As a huge bookworm, when I saw Gemma was planning on doing a book review post I
just knew I had to get myself and my favourite book involved!

'The Help'
Book Review:

The Help
has been my favourite book from the first time I picked it up. It's the story
of three very different women living in Mississippi in the 1960's; wise, loving
Aibileen, feisty cook Minnie and the nervous wannabe journalist, Skeeter who
all find friendship, love and themselves along the way. I love The Help because
it's so beautifully written- it really comes from the heart. Kathryn Stockett's
(the author) imagery is flawless: her descriptions of Minnie's meals will leave
you salivating and when Skeeter describes her 'wedding cake' bedroom, you
almost feel like you're sat there next to her, tapping away at the typewriter.
The book is about Skeeter writing a book with Aibileen and Minnie helping her.
Along the way, you learn about the three women and their lives and how they
develop a friendship that defies stereotypesclass boundaries and even laws. The book is inspirational and so
courageous and you find yourself falling in love with the characters and their
beautifully developed personalities. Skeeter is the privilegedawkward journalist wondering what's happened
to her maid, and best friend who befriends Aibileen, a wise, loving maid who
lost her son and only survived the loss with the help of her best friend, the
utterly perfect feisty, Minnie who's 'cooking is almost as sassy as her mouth'.
I can read this book constantly because, for me, it's flawless: completely
absorbing you in a forgotten world of racism, sexism and cotton fields. Each
woman has their struggles, has their strengths and has their success. The
supporting characters are just as well developed- Miss Hilly is just as you'd
imagine the popular girl at school all grown up to be, Elizabeth is a confused,
lost soul you just want to shake and Miss Celia is completely unique (and probably
my favourite character!).

The book
has also been turned into a film, with Emma Stone, which is just as wonderfully
done: sticking to the original story and most of the original wording meaning
its charm remains.

I couldn't
recommend this book more and what better choice could their be than to choose a
book that makes me laugh, cry and 'holla' (as Minnie would say) simultaneously?